Question

Tick the item which best answers the following. (a) The tall girl with her head weighed down means the girl ______________________. (i) is ill and exhausted (ii) has her head bent with shame (iii) has untidy hair (b) The paper-seeming boy with rat’s eyes means the boy is ______________________. (i) sly and secretive (ii) thin, hungry and weak (iii) unpleasant looking (c) The stunted, unlucky heir of twisted bones means the boy ______________________. (i) has an inherited disability (ii) was short and bony (d) His eyes live in a dream. A squirrel’s game, in the tree room other than this. This means the boy is ______________________. (i) full of hope in the future (ii) mentally ill (iii) distracted from the lesson (e) The children’s faces are compared to ‘rootless weeds’. This means they ______________________. (i) are insecure (ii) are ill-fed (iii) are wasters

Answer 1

a....... is ii..

b is. ii

c is i

d is iii

e is iii

Answer 2

Answer:

(a) The tall girl with her head weighed down means the girl :

i) is ill and exhausted

b) The paper-seeming boy with rat’s eyes means the boy is :

(ii) thin, hungry and weak

c) The stunted, unlucky heir of twisted bones means the boy :

i) has an inherited disability

d) His eyes live in a dream. A squirrel’s game, in the tree room other than this. This means the boy is :

i) full of hope in the future

e) The children’s faces are compared to ‘rootless weeds’. This means they :

(ii) are ill-fed